"Our job is to create newer athletes - the football athlete of the future, who is robust, resilient and can cope with increases in load.

"The whole idea of the physical component will be to increase the bandwidth capability of our athletes, mentally and physically, exposing them to different stresses.”

Strudwick, who took on the Wales job at the end of last season, later tweeted: “Just looking at some proposed training plans I’ve been sent for athletes. What went wrong with basic physical training?

“Been sidelined with language like prevention, recovery and tempo. What is that? No training? This red flag culture perpetuated by practitioners obsessed with injury prevention is killing our pursuit of human performance.

“Sure, we have a responsibility to ensure safe practice, but elite athletes are capable of so much more. Seriously, are we living in a world where we put limitations on physical performance?"

WHEREVER Roberto Martinez has been as a manager, he's had Richard Evans by his side. The Welshman tells us about a journey that has taken in promotions, an FA Cup final and the latter stages of a World Cup.